Mangrove restoration done right has clear economic, ecological benefits

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• Much research has been done on the impact of mangrove restoration projects, but because such studies typically have their own distinct contexts, their results are not easily generalized.
• To determine the ecological and economic benefits of mangrove restoration across studies, researchers analyzed 188 peer-reviewed articles from 22 regions, mostly in East and Southeast Asia.
• They found the ecosystem functions of restored mangroves to be higher than bare tidal flats, but lower than natural mangroves.
• They also concluded that the economic benefits of mangrove restoration projects largely outweighed their costs, even at high discount rates.

In the green and dimly lit mangrove forests of West Papua in Indonesia, towering Rhizophora trees loom more than 40 meters (130 feet) overhead into the canopy, their tangled roots taller than a human. Oceans away in the Caribbean, mangroves of the same genus reach a maximum of 2 m (6 ft) in height, their shrubby stuntedness belying decades of growth.

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